Description Fascism is not a thing of the past. In this era of crisis and austerity, it is growing even stronger. The question is: How do we stop it? According to M. Testa, the fight against it must be aggressive and unrelenting. Using a mixture of orthodox history, eyewitness accounts, and unflinching analysis, he makes the case for a resolutely militant anti-fascism, one that gives no quarter and tolerates no excuses. Unlike other partisan accounts of contemporary battles against fascism and ultra-nationalism, Militant Anti-Fascism takes us from proto-fascists in nineteenth-century Austria to modern-day street-fights in London, providing a broad context for its arguments and looking at numerous countries over a longer period of time. The result is both a serious historical study and a story of victory and struggle, past and present, designed to inspire and energize militants. Lay aside, as M. Testa does, your faith in liberal, legislative, and state-approved approaches to today’s fascist threat. Start by reading this provocative and unapologetic overview of militant anti-fascism and the strategies that have successfully confronted the far right when it has reappeared in its many guises. Read the Introduction here. M. Testa, undercover anti-fascist blogger, has analyzed the changing fortunes of the British far right since 2009. He has written for the anarchist magazine Freedom and is a member of the Anti-Fascist Network. TABLE OF CONTENTS AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction Part I Italy: No Flowers For MussoliniFrance: A New Acceptance of ViolenceAustria: Fascist Violence Could only Be Met by ViolenceGermany: ‘Beat the fascists wherever you meet them’Spain: ‘The Spanish Anarchist lives for liberty, virtue and dignity’Hungary, Romania & Poland: ‘To Arms! To Arms!’Ireland: Blueshirts and Red ScaresScotland: ‘Six hundred Reds … Led by a Jew’England: ‘A bloody good hiding’ Part II 43 Group and 62 Group: ‘It’s not possible to legislate fascism out of existence!’National Front: ‘Under Heavy Manners’Anti-Nazi League and Rock Against Racism: Mass MobilizationRed Action and AFA: ‘The day’s action might be rough’Blood & Honour: Beware Mancunians Bearing Lucozade BottlesAFA and Ireland: ‘Short, Sharp and Painful’Combat 18: The Nearly MenAFA Grows: Fighting TalkAFA in Scotland: ‘We don’t talk to fascists’The BNP: Reach For The Gutter!The EDL: ‘Neither Racist Nor Violent, But Both’ ConclusionAppendix: Anti-Fascist Recollections by John Penney Index
